Made_My_Day....[Onya J/B]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Rossi-will-keep-winning-Burgess/
2004/11/05/1099547376126.html?oneclick=true :

Rossi will keep winning: Burgess
November 5, 2004

World champion Valentino Rossi will tighten his stranglehold on motorcycle
racing's premier class next year, according to his Australian team boss,
Jeremy Burgess.

Buoyed by the surprise appearance of Yamaha's new 2005 weapon, Burgess
warned his MotoGP rivals they should "get used to losing" next season.

Burgess labelled Rossi and the 2005 M1 bike "ominous" after a sizzling test
at Valencia in Spain, just days after the Italian had won the final grand
prix of the season there.

Rossi, who wrapped up his fourth premier class championship with victory in
the recent Australian Grand Prix, stunned his challengers with a
record-setting run as the M1 was surprisingly unveiled.

The bike features new chassis and engine design and moulded carbon fibre
bodywork and was track tested in full view of Honda factory rivals Max
Biaggi, Sete Gibernau and Nicky Hayden.

Burgess, Rossi's Adelaide-based crew chief and main technical adviser, was
instantly optimistic that Yamaha would be again be the category's benchmark
next year.


"Going faster than our race pace on the first day with the new bike is very
ominous for next year," Burgess said.

"Honda are struggling, they'd better get used to losing." PAY THE MAN!!!"WE
WILL DESTROY HIM" LOL

Rossi was immediately on the pace on the new, 990cc four cylinder M1 and
logged a series of 1 minute 33.45 seconds laps, two tenths of second faster
than his best race lap on Sunday.

Yamaha still has five months of development time before the first race of
the 2005 season.

The normally active MotoGP rumour mill had no inkling of the dramatic
appearance of the latest M1 which has been designed and built in secret over
the past six months in Japan.

"The bike feels more stable with better traction and acceleration and still
has huge potential," Rossi said.

"The chassis is different but the handling is still sweet and we have a very
good direction for the future."

After defecting from Honda at the end of last year, Rossi and Burgess teamed
with Yamaha to win this year's MotoGP world championship, the first for
Yamaha in 11 seasons of Honda domination.

While the title was Rossi's fourth in succession, it was Burgess' tenth as a
crew chief and Sunday's Valencia win was his 122nd GP victory as a factory
race team boss.

In the 16 race season just ended Rossi won nine grands prix, two more than
the combined effort [ARMY] of Honda's six factory riders.

CDIHL

 

The 2004 Minardi was faster than the 2003 Ferrari.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Apparently there's a firesale on at the Minardi's joint.. Ex F1 cars of all
shapes colours and sizes.

TB

 

"One owner; only raced on Sundays"
Clem

 

Now... if only I could stick a couple of indicator clusters and a headlight
and drive it to the Vicroads to get it regoed..

TB

 

Great,except that Rossi won this year on a SLOWER bike

God help them in 05'

[GO CARLOS ) !]

CDIHL

 

Oddly, I once met a chap in Melbourne who did that to (if I remember
correctly) a Cooper Climax and a Repco Brabham, both GP open wheeler
cars in their day. He and his wife drove one each, but they could only
take them places where they could keep an eye on them, as neither car
was equipped with ignition keys.

Moike

 

You'd probably need to fit some sort of guard over the wheels too.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Slower, not the slowest, and the point which was obviously too complex for
you, was that all teams improve from season to season (ok so Ducati are the
exception to the rule), so by pointing out that ONE bike is faster than it
previously was and ignoring the fact that ALL bikes are faster than they
previously were is inconsequential.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

easy... empty paint drums..

TB
I feel the spirit of the guzzi...